ABSTRACT
By the early 1920s, contemporary architectural knowledge had started to circulate more widely than before in Korean colonial space. As the number of Japanese immigrants residing in the Korean peninsula increased, Japanese architects became more active. Two different methods of studying Korean architectural conditions dominated and were popular during the 1920s and '30s. The first method involved looking at Korean architecture in a stylistic (formalistic) manner. Being active as an architecture student at Gyeongseong Technical High School (1926–1929) and as an architect for the Japanese Government-General of Korea (1929–1933), Yi Sang was fully aware of popular and contemporary architectural knowledge in colonial Korea. Unlike the stylistic descriptions found in the urban narratives of Tae-won Pak, The Wings is very architectural in the sense that the poetic narratives create unique architectural atmospheres. Unfortunately, little is known about Yi Sang's architectural work and it is not easy to find the influence of his literary work in contemporary architectural productions.
